Team Leader, Real Property Management

Who Can Apply?:

Internal (DCC Employees) and External (General Public)

Salary Range:

$93,938 - $122,116

Employment status:

Continuing

Flexible work option:

Hybrid (2 days/week)

Term Length:

Security Level:

Secret

Language Requirement:

Bilingual Preferred

Closing Date:

25/10/2026

Country:

Canada

Are you a collaborative leader with experience managing facilities, real property portfolios, contracts, and client relationships? As Team Leader, Real Property Management, you will lead a team of professionals responsible for delivering complex real property and facility management services that support critical infrastructure and operational requirements. Working closely with clients, contractors, consultants, and stakeholders, you will drive service excellence, provide strategic advice, manage risk, and develop innovative solutions to complex challenges while building trusted partnerships and delivering meaningful results.

Who We're Looking For

We're looking for a people-focused leader who combines strong business acumen with expertise in facilities, real property, contract administration, and client relationship management. You excel at building relationships, solving complex problems, leading teams through change, and delivering high-quality service in a dynamic environment.

KEY AND PERIODIC ACTIVITIES
The duties and responsibilities listed below are representative but not all-inclusive:
Primary

• Complete complex real property project work (e.g. real property studies and asset assessments, facility reviews, lease and land acquisition guidance, technical reviews, strategic plans, development plans)
• Research, analyze and develop major policies, standards, directives and performance indicators
• Coordinate, assess and report on real property performance indicators
• Generate facility management or infrastructure statements of operational requirements, prepare business cases and conduct investigations, as required
• Develop real property training programs, Real Property Management Framework, organizational change management options analysis and Master Real Property
  Development Plan synopsis documents
• Provide contract administration and management services (e.g. ensuring contract documents conform to maintenance service delivery requirement) and managing service providers, including consultants and contractors, to ensure facility management services are delivered according to Client-Partner requirements and contractual obligations
• Oversee support to maintenance programs to ensure building and building systems remain operational, including identifying maintenance and repair requirements, measuring contractor performance, reviewing computerized maintenance management system data and reports, determining damage responsibility, and preparing estimates and of technical reports
• Manage service level arrangements
• Promote and manage business development opportunities
• Develop and maintain effective relationships within DCC, and with industry, the Client-Partners and/or stakeholders.
• Ensure quality standards are met, in line with corporate and Client-Partner expectations
• Manage risk
• Perform human resources functions (e.g. coach, supervise, mentor, plan and allocate resources, manage performance)

Other

• Prepare monthly reports (e.g. internal and for the Client-Partners)
• Other duties as assigned

SKILLS
General and Specific Knowledge

• Best practices, methods, trends and legislation in real property, land use, facility management and maintenance
• Maintenance planning and assessment
• Building Information Modelling and Computer-Aided Design (BIM/CAD) is an asset
• Project and risk management principles

Formal Education and/or Certification(s) and Experience

• Minimum: college diploma in land use, engineering, architecture, facility/property management, business or related field with five years' relevant experience, or the equivalent
• Preferred: university degree in one of the above fields and/or additional training in project management

Abilities

• Use applicable computer software and operating systems
• Apply project and risk management techniques
• Demonstrate leadership and human resources management skills

DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP

• Lead and manage direct reports
• Provide functional direction and advice to other employees and the Client-Partners

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Typical office environment with occasional travel
• Some work may be located on construction sites; incumbent may occasionally be required to wear basic safety equipment

Check out your benefits
Working with us offers excellent opportunities for growth and advancement-and entitles you to one of the job market's best benefits packages valued at between 25 and 30% of your salary.

Your package includes:

Health and Wellness

• 100% employer-paid annual sick leave, and health and dental premiums
• $400 wellness allowance to help cover expenses such as a gym membership
• $2,500 for mental health services on top of regular $2,500 paramedical coverage
• Telus Virtual Health Care and $750 Health Care Spending Account for some expenses not covered under provincial plans

Home and Family

• Life, accidental-death, and short-term disability insurance
• Enhanced inConfidence employee and family assistance program
• Maternity and parental leave top-up plan to 93% of regular gross earnings for up to 37 weeks
• Flexible workplace options, including $400 allowance every two years, to support working from home

Leave and Retirement

• Public-service pension
• Comprehensive vacation and other paid-leave plans, along with enhanced travel benefits coverage

To begin a career with Defence Construction Canada (DCC), you must be a Canadian Citizen or a permanent resident of Canada. As a condition of employment with DCC, a minimum reliability security status clearance is required and some roles may require secret security status clearance.

DCC is responsible for the Personnel Security Clearance process. Typically to be eligible for a "Reliability" clearance, you must have five years of verifiable background information and to be eligible for a "Secret" clearance, you must have 10 years of verifiable background information. The process usually involves reference inquiries, verification of qualifications, criminal records checks, and credit checks (as required) and may require fingerprints. For more information about obtaining a security clearance, please review the Standard on Security Screening.

The appropriate security clearance is a condition of employment and it is the candidate's or employee's responsibility to ensure, they are able to obtain and maintain their required security level clearance to begin or continue their employment with DCC. Failure to obtain or maintain, the appropriate level of security clearance means either the candidate or employee will not receive a job offer, the conditional offer will be rendered null and void or their employment will be terminated with cause. A thorough security clearance process will be applied to all candidates or employees considered for an appointment; this process includes inquiries, verifications and assessments regarding matters such as, but not limited to:

• criminal record checks
• reference checks
• previous employment
• open source checks
• credit/financial status

DCC's Code of Business Conduct (Code) is a condition of employment. It serves to enhance public confidence in the integrity of DCC Employees and provides clarity to Employees on a number of issues, including real or perceived conflicts of interest. Before applying to this (or any) position at DCC, candidates shall familiarize themselves with the Code, because new employees are required to certify that they have read, understood, and agreed to observe the Code upon commencing work at DCC. Employees are further required to review their obligations under the Code and notify the President's Office of any changes in their circumstances at the earliest possible opportunity, and to complete the Annual Update once a year.

Be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace!

Roles at DCC will require security at various levels including Reliability, Secret, Top Secret and for Canadian Eyes Only (proof of Citizenship required). While we welcome applications to our roles who are not Canadian citizens who are eligible to work in Canada and have at least 5 years of verifiable background information, selection will depend on the specific role's requirements.

At DCC, we are committed to ensuring everyone has a voice and can be their authentic selves in our workplace. We actively encourage applications from all, including but not limited to, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, visible minorities and members of the LGBTQ2+ community.

DCC's goal is to provide barrier-free access to employment opportunities and workspaces for employees and candidates. If you require an accommodation for the recruitment/interview process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs. Should you require accommodation, please email careers@dcc-cdc.gc.ca.